United host League One side Sheffield United on Saturday evening and Louis van Gaal has ensured that the pre-match routines are remaining exactly the same.

Striker Will Keane joined the squad at The Lowry Hotel after returning from his loan with Preston.

Jesse Lingard is also in the squad but there was no sign of Michael Carrick, Ashley Young or Morgan Schneiderlin.

A fixture against lowly Sheffield United could be the perfect game for Van Gaal and United after ending their winless run against Swansea last week.

(Image: Eamonn and James Clarke)

(Image: Eamonn and James Clarke)

(Image: Eamonn and James Clarke)

(Image: Eamonn and James Clarke)

Despite going seven games without victory prior to last weekend, the Dutch boss says that the morale in the team is not low.

“I think the atmosphere in our dressing room is very good,” he said.

“Maybe too good, because they are always protecting the dressing room, their colleagues. That’s very good, until a certain height.

(Image: Eamonn and James Clarke)

(Image: Eamonn and James Clarke)

(Image: Eamonn and James Clarke)

(Image: Eamonn and James Clarke)

“So we have changed our approach to the players, to make it more easy to take responsibility. We’re trying everything to come to a solution, but at the end it always comes down to ‘We’re better than the opponents but we have to score goals’.

“I’ve stimulated them to think about football. The game is a brain sport and now you can let them think with you. Therefore you can change your approach and so the players take the commitment, for example, for the game-plan and other kinds of decisions.

“Then the commitment is higher and bigger, I think. But we have to see how it shall work.”